Effectively Wild Episode 2190: If You Call Him, He Will Pitch

Ben Lindbergh talks to Sam Miller of Pebble Hunting about the increase in IL stints at the All-Star break and Sam’s obsession with the evolving strategy of first-and-third situations. Then (41:29) Ben talks to Iowa state representative and Sioux City Explorers pitcher J.D. Scholten about his incredible baseball comeback at age 44, his baseball background, balancing baseball and politics, and his efforts to end MLB blackouts. Finally (1:20:14), Ben and The Athletic ’s Evan Drellich talk to former NBC Sports and The Baseball Network president Ken Schanzer about the 30th anniversary of TBN, the first U.S. TV network owned by a pro sports league. Audio intro : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Tom Rhoads, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Calcaterra on Glasnow Link to Devers shoulder story Link to ASB IL placement data Link to Sam on first-and-third 1 Link to Sam on first-and-third 2 Link to Clemens clip Link to Clemens gamer Link to Manny’s cutoff Link to Russell on post-2013 changes Link to Pebble Hunting Link to Scholten call Link to Scholten clip Link to Scholten pitching Link to Scholten local news clip Link to Scholten’s B-Ref page Link to Scholten’s wiki Link to Gazette story on Scholten Link to WaPo on Scholten Link to SI on Scholten Link to Honkbal wiki Link to Congressional Baseball Game EW Link to The Gazette on the blackouts bill Link to Offerman on Field of Dreams Link to EW on Field of Dreams Link to canceled Field of Dreams series Link to Scholten’s Substack Link to Scholten’s campaign site Link to Evan on EW 2168 Link to Evan on a national TV deal Link to 1994 TBN theme song Link to 1994 ASG at B-Ref Link to The Baseball Network wiki Link to ’93 WaPo story on Ken Link to 1993 most powerful people Link to 1991 most powerful people Link to The Baseball Network sources Link to Schanzer retirement story Link to rookie All-Star SP Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source